What I always a find fascinating is the proportion of deficit to government income.

In the case of the US 🇺🇸, the deficit amounts to a full 28% of federal revenue.

As a proportion to GDP, it's obviously much smaller (about 5.5% in 2022).

Twitter hat gerade begonnen die Anzahl an täglichen Tweets zu limitieren 🤨

Da ständiges Tweeten und Retweeten die Seite ja so groß - und ja, auch addictive und viral - macht, scheint mir das ein besonders fragwürdiger Move.

#twitter

In 10 years, the median age in China will be higher than in Europe.

In 50 years, it will be higher than in Japan - or almost anywhere in the world.

German Christmas TV without context.

(They are on a cruise ship.)

#Traumschiff

Die Österreicher 🇦🇹 haben in der EU 🇪🇺:

– die höchste Lebenszufriedenheit bei Menschen im Alter von 16-29 Jahren
– die höchste Lebenszufriedenheit bei Menschen 16+
– und die zweithöchste Lebenszufriedenheit bei Menschen 65+

Austria’s 🇦🇹 veto on Schengen: “Stupid and egocentric”

’nough said

#Schengen

This is truly great, but we also have to be honest - there’s a practical difference between installed capacity of fossil fuel power plants and renewables.

For solar and wind, we need 2-3x times as much capacity for a similar annual output (even if we ramp up battery capacity).

That’s okay, because they are vastly better for the planet, the environment, our health and also getting cheaper by the day.

But it’s important to keep in mind for comparison’s sake.